- University News Archive - 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock /news-archive/tag/trojan-academic-advising-and-support-center/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Wed, 24 Jul 2019 22:08:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock hires student retention director /news-archive/2019/07/24/heather-reed/ Wed, 24 Jul 2019 22:08:19 +0000 /news/?p=74800 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock hires student retention director]]> 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock has hired Heather Reed as director of Student Retention Initiatives to develop, implement, and assess initiatives to improve student retention. The new post, which begins Aug. 1, is a new 12-month, non-faculty position within the Trojan Academic Advising and Support Center that reports to the associate vice chancellor of academic affairs for student success.聽聽聽 For the past three year, Reed has worked as the assistant dean in the College of Education and Health Professions at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock. For the past year, she has served as the functional lead on implementing CRM-Advise, advising management software that allows advisors to manage their caseloads more easily, improves communications, and facilitates outreach to at-risk students. In the new role, Reed will work with staff and faculty to develop, implement, and assess data-driven retention initiatives that are informed by best practices and part of a comprehensive retention plan. Her primary responsibility will be for initiatives targeting first- and second-year students. She also will work with the Office of Institutional Research and Analytics and other units to identify special student populations for early risk-detection, design intervention strategies, and identify policies and procedures that contribute to attrition. She will serve on the University Advisors Council, the Behavioral Intervention Team and other groups as needed. Reed has a B.A. in English/linguistics from Truman State University, an M.S. in college student personnel from Western Illinois University, and an Ed.S. in higher education and student affairs from the University of Iowa. She will start the Master of Public Administration program at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock this fall.聽 Photo of Heather Reed by Brad Sims]]> 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, 糖心Vlog传媒MS announce new 2+2 degree plans /news-archive/2019/01/07/2plus2-degree-plans/ Mon, 07 Jan 2019 19:35:37 +0000 /news/?p=73057 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, 糖心Vlog传媒MS announce new 2+2 degree plans]]> Students at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock will have an easy transition should they decide to transfer to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences to pursue study in an allied health specialty. 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock and 糖心Vlog传媒MS recently signed a series of 2+2 agreements that clearly outline pathways for students who earn the Associate of Arts in General Studies at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock to then transfer to 糖心Vlog传媒MS to complete a Bachelor of Science degree. Transfer options are available in seven degree program areas: While 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock has articulation agreements with other 糖心Vlog传媒MS colleges, the 2+2 agreements with the College of Health Professions are new. The agreements have the potential for saving students time and money because students will know exactly which courses are needed. 鈥淭he goal of 2+2 is to provide clarity about degree requirements in an easy-to-understand format, so students know exactly what courses they need to complete at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, how they will transfer to 糖心Vlog传媒MS, and the professional coursework required for completion of their program of choice,鈥 said Phyllis Fields, associate dean for student affairs in the . 鈥淭his provides a clear pathway that will aid the student in planning while hopefully reducing time and cost associated with earning the degree.鈥 All of the 糖心Vlog传媒MS degree options are full-time programs in high-demand fields. Dental hygienists, for example, easily find work. In Arkansas, 85 percent of state鈥檚 dental hygienists are 糖心Vlog传媒MS graduates, Fields said. The cytotechnology program can be completed in one year at 糖心Vlog传媒MS, and graduates are in demand nationwide. They work in non-direct patient care in hospitals and private labs and play a vital role in the discovery and detection of cancer, pre-cancerous cell changes and diseases using a microscope. The Nuclear Medicine Imaging Sciences program also can be completed in one year and is an online only program. Employment in allied health overall is projected to grow, with 2.4 million additional jobs expected between 2016 and 2026, Field said. 鈥淲e are glad to partner with 糖心Vlog传媒MS in preparing practitioners for these high demand fields,鈥 said Sarah Beth Estes, interim dean of聽 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock’s聽College of Arts, Letters, and Sciences. 鈥淭hese agreements allow students to obtain a good foundation in the liberal arts while also efficiently achieving the prerequisites required to enter allied health programs.鈥 Students in the 2+2 program must maintain a 2.5 GPA in the Associate of Arts in General Studies program at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock and gain admission to 糖心Vlog传媒MS. Advisors between the two institutions will work together with students. To learn more, visit the Trojan Academic Advising and Support Center.  ]]>